This past weekend I went to Sevilla with my program. We left Granada early Saturday morning and after a short three hour bus ride we arrived in Sevilla. Our first stop was to visit the Alcazar, aka the royal palace in Sevilla. The Alcazar was absolutely beautiful as its architecture has a lot of hispano-musluman influence. The walls are covered in intricate carvings and hand cut tile. I am attaching photos but they hardly do it justice. After our visit to the Alcazar our program went and got lunch at a very nice restaurant. We had salad, fresh tuna, potatoes, and flan for dessert. Our program really takes care of us!
After lunch we had free time. I went with some of my friends took the time to walk around Sevilla. Our first stop took us to the Plaza de España, which was absolutely beautiful. The next stop on our tour was a Starbucks where we got peppermint hot chocolate and it has never tasted so amazing. We next went to a modern structure that we could go to the top of to see a view of the city. The structure slightly resembled a cluster of mushrooms. The view of the city was absolutely beautiful. The rest of the night we walked around the city attempting to see as much as possible. We had dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant and finished the night by eating a ton of chocolate and having a girls night of sorts watching movies.
Sunday morning we got up and after having breakfast at the hotel we went to Italica, which is a Roman Ruin just outside of the city of Sevilla. Only 25% of the city has been exuviated. Next we went on a short bus tour of the city that concluded at the same restaurant that we ate on Saturday. Yet again we had a great meal of salad, tortilla española, pork with sautéed mushrooms and some form of cheese cake. After lunch we went on a visit to the Cathedral of Sevilla. The Cathedral is the third largest in the world and absolutely beautiful. Take a look at the pictures because the gothic architecture is breath taking. We made one last stop at Starbucks then we went to the bus to dead back to Granada.
It was a great weekend and now I am on my way to Florence tomorrow morning to spend Thanksgiving with Sarah. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! Love and miss you all!
Alcazar
Plaza de España
The weird modern architecture that we visited
Italica- The Roman Ruins
The group of students studying abroad with me
Catedral
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